Example sentences of "had [verb] [pron] [noun sg] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gloucester 's possession of the northern Neville lands meant that if Edward had withdrawn his favour the duke 's power would have been much reduced , but he would still have had a following . |
| 2 | Gloucester 's possession of the northern Neville lands meant that if Edward had withdrawn his favour the duke 's power would have been much reduced , but he would still have had a following . |
| 3 | She had little doubt that she had allowed her heart to rule her head , and , much as she had enjoyed what had happened between her and David , could she ultimately trust a man who had treated her sister the way he had ? |
| 4 | And another wave of chill wrapped her ; yes , she had been left untouched , though she had cleaved to his seal like hot wax and his pigment had painted her stomach the colour of the moon . |
| 5 | Two-Dogs had not always been a whisky Navaho , and he had taught his son the stories his father had taught to him . |
| 6 | One teacher said that he had taught his class a rhyme for remembering the days between the two testings . |
| 7 | I did n't mean to become so intense about it — I had realised my mistake the previous time — but I needed to keep from pining and working a sixteen-hour day seemed to be the only way I could manage it . |
| 8 | By the time Carrie had completed her task the wind had increased in strength from the north and a fierce blizzard was setting in . |
| 9 | Before he had completed his turn the whole sphere was blazing , and two parachutes were unfolding below it . |
| 10 | But before he had completed his swing the boy fearfully withdrew his arm and the cane rapped harmlessly on the floor . |
| 11 | When it was confirmed that Len Seager had broken his neck a meeting was called with all relevant parties to discuss the case . |
| 12 | ‘ Nonsense , ’ said Leonora , who had given her sister a very much edited version of Saturday night . |
| 13 | André was far too exuberant to be shattered by something like that , but it had given her ego a kick . |
| 14 | The fresh air and exercise had given her skin a radiant bloom that did n't need enhancement . |
| 15 | It did n't arrive , even after had given me assurance every household in would get a leaflet . |
| 16 | I found the door unlocked as I had given my master the key before I left ; the light was poor but I could see nothing had been disturbed so lay down on the bed , pulling the curtains around me . |
| 17 | And though Villa 's lively attack looked the more likely to score , they never looked like recovering after Kiwomya had given his side a deserved lead . |
| 18 | Perhaps the heat had given his mind the boost it needed to throw off the dream world that had gradually surrounded him since Paula 's fall into the maw of the Beast . |
| 19 | Anpetuwi , which had given his family the gift of love , generation after generation . |
| 20 | He had given his mother a false address that time . |
| 21 | It looked as though Spurs had regained their self-respect a few seconds later when the England striker appeared to net a Samways cross , but in fact Tranmere 's full-back Higgins had put the ball past his goalkeeper . |
| 22 | The deep voice behind her made her jump and , turning quickly , she met the smiling face of the man who had attracted her attention a short while back . |
| 23 | Mrs Bradshaw had met my mother a couple of times and they plainly approved of each other . |
| 24 | She had seen him hand a letter to the man with a black beard . |
| 25 | When from the kitchen window I had seen my brother-in-law the councillor walking slowly down the path arm-in-arm with Mrs McLaren , it was the strangest , the most unlikely sight I could possibly have imagined . |
| 26 | Setting it all up so beautifully , manipulating Jack and the girl into the most compromising of positions had done her self-confidence a power of good . |
| 27 | ‘ Sir Teddy Taylor , ’ he shouted , only to be told that Taylor had done his stuff the day before . |
| 28 | Jonadab had made it clear that he had done his son-in-law a favour in allowing him to jump the queue and buy four of his grey shirehorses and now Stephen had to screw up his courage and confess that one was dead . |
| 29 | The Lowther mines round Workington had made their owner the ‘ richest commoner in England ’ ; and Appleby School was so good that George Washington 's brothers were sent there from Virginia to be educated , and he very nearly followed them himself . |
| 30 | The fact that he chose not to do so was seen as a tacit admission of the widely held view that the foreign policy successes of President George Bush had made his re-election an inevitability . |